Where does the surname jacobs come form?

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Where does the surname jacobs come form?

it was my great great grandfathers last name some say its jewish and some say its english which one is it

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Jacobs is one of the most common names in Europe. In my family tree it's Dutch. It's also German, Alsatian, Swiss, Polish, Austrian, Hungarian and Scandinavian. And yes, it ended up in England. It was a common name among Huguenots and other Protestants and they were kicked around Europe for several generations. I traced one line from France to Germany to the Netherlands. They stayed in the Netherlands for 4 generations, then one in England, back to the Netherlands, and finally back into France. It took them 280 years to make the trek back to where they started.

Can it be Jewish? Sure, any name could be Jewish. Jews picked surnames the same way Christians did. There's no reason a Jew wouldn't take the name of their patriarch Jacob when deciding on a name for the family. And Jacob is a common first name among Jews. But the name isn't exclusive to people of the Jewish faith.